Neurological and Respiratory critical care

A Glasgow Coma Scale allows you to asses:

Baseline level of consciousness of the patient

Motor response to a stimuli only

Patient education level

Speaking of the conscious patient

All of the above

Which symptom in response to pain stimuli is demonstrated on the photo?

Which help you should provide in case, depictured above?

Do nothing

Call for help

Call for help, be sure that the patient won't hurt himself; administer anticonvulsants according to your hospital protocol

Provide patient with oxygen

Call for help; try to hold the patient

Previous to the use of the paper bag in case of panic attack and hyperventilation, which changes in ABG of the patient you might see?

Respiratory acidosis, pH 7.28, PaCO2 >60 mmHg, HCO3 <10 mmol/L

No changes

Metabolic alkalosis, HCO3 >50 mmol/L, pH 7.55, PaCO2 < 32 mmHg

Metabolic acidosis, PaCO2 35 mmHG, ph 7.30, HCO3 <2 mmol/L

Respiratory alkalosis, PaCO2 <28 mmHg, pH 7.49, HCO3 <20 mmol/L

Which device you can see on the picture above?

Which of the listed ventilation modes totally control the patient breathing without regard to patient-initiated breaths?

Which of the measures include in the prevention of ventilator assosiated pneumonia?

Maintain hand hygiene

Keep the head of the bed at 30 ° to 45 ° unless contraindicated

Provide moisture to oral mucosa and lips every 2 to 4 hours

Use a closed ventilation system

All of the above

On CT scan you can see the cases of pulmonary embolism. What may cause such a picture?

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